Van Rhijn (crater)

lunar crater data
latitude=52.6
N_or_S=N
longitude=146.4
E_or_W=E
diameter=46 km
depth="Unknown"
colong=214
eponym=Pieter J. van Rhijn

Van Rhijn is an old lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, in the northern hemisphere. It lies due south of the larger Störmer crater, and to the north-northeast of De Moraes crater.

The outer rim of this crater has been deeply worn and eroded by impacts, with smaller craters intruding into the northeast, northwest, and southeastern parts of the rim. The remaining features of the rim have been softened and rounded, leaving the crater little more than a depression in the surface. The interior floor is relatively flat and featureless, with no significant craters.

atellite craters

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater mid-point that is closest to van Rhijn crater.

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